Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that by taking up the overall development of the historic Banavasi, yatra and historic tourism will be given importance. Speaking after inaugurating ‘Kadambotsava-2023’ in Banavasi, the first capital of the Kannada Kingdom here on Tuesday, he said, "lots of development works have taken place in Mundgod and Banavasi areas. The infrastructure projects have been taken up in the State in the last three and a half years. To deal with drinking water scarcity, 62 tanks are filled from the Banavasi Lift Irrigation scheme."
